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Seven Wrocław-based scientific institutions are consolidating their efforts to jointly build a strong research and development ecosystem and strengthen the city’s position as a major scientific center. This marks the first step toward establishing a Wrocław-based center of excellence.

Łukasiewicz – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development invites you to a lecture by Dr. Nikolas Karalis, Team Leader at the Paris Brain Institute (Institut du Cerveau – ICM), France.

On 3 December, we launched the fourth call of the Virtual Research Institute (WIB) for innovative research projects with high commercialisation potential. This means PLN 142 million available to the best scientists working in medical biotechnology.

Participants collaborated on innovative projects during hands-on workshops, culminating in pitching presentations on the final day of the event. The winning team, led by Maurits Unkel from Erasmus University Medical Center, was recognized for the Neurava project, praised for its creativity and potential.

On 09/04/2024, Kacper Prokop, an employee of Łukasiewicz – PORT, participated—at the invitation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Dariusz Wieczorek—in a major event: the Economic Forum, where he attended a discussion panel titled “Where Are You Heading, Science?”. The panel took place at 13:30 and brought together distinguished representatives of the scientific and business communities.

Modern societies are experiencing a widespread trend toward weight loss. This is a response to one of today’s greatest pandemics—obesity—and to the increasing awareness of its negative health consequences. According to World Health Organization (WHO) data, in 2022 one in eight people worldwide lived with obesity (BMI > 30), amounting to nearly one billion individuals. Obesity is not only a disease in itself but also contributes to the development of many other serious conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and even cancer. As early as around 400 BCE, Hippocrates observed that people with obesity were at higher risk

Today, as part of Fantasy Days, we took part in a press briefing held at the Mediateka, where the 19th edition of Fantasy Days was officially launched. The meeting was an opportunity to visit the headquarters of one of this year’s DF partners, where lectures, discussion panels, and meetings with authors will take place.

We are pleased to invite you to actively participate in the online matchmaking meetings “Science for Business,” which will take place on 11/26/2024. Participation in the event is free of charge. Simply register on the B2match platform (instructions below). We encourage you to schedule matchmaking meetings between 12:00–15:00.